m3u playlists

[Dolby]

I created a playlist for my media streamer and it would load the playlist name correctly, but the songs wouldn't play. I created another on the media streamer itself - which worked perfectly.

When I viewed the playlist I made on the media streamer and my own Windows Media Player list in notepad - I noticed the paths where different on each. The media streamer :

D:\My Music\#STU\The Fray\The Fray - How to Save a Life.mp3
D:\My Music\#STU\Snow Patrol\Snow Patrol - You're All I Have.mp3
D:\My Music\#STU\Snow Patrol\Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars.mp3

While my list made in WMP shows :

#EXTINF:0,REM - End of the World.mp3
..\#PQR\R.E.M\REM - End of the World.mp3

#EXTINF:0,REM - Daysleeper (Live).mp3
..\#PQR\REM\REM - Daysleeper (Live).mp3

#EXTINF:0,02 Radiohead - Creep.mp3
..\#PQR\Radiohead\Radiohead - Pablo Honey [Full Album]\02 Radiohead - Creep.mp3

If I edit and add 'D:\My Music\' in front of the songs in the WMP list, it works! But how can I do this automatically - without editing? Simply create from WMP, have the correct paths and use?

Thanks!

 

[Dolby]

Ok - I understand the issue. My streamer reads the simple m3u while WMP makes an extended m3u

Anyone know a small simple program to create a simple playlist?

 

[SYNERGY]

Media Player Classic?

 

[curVV]

media player saves the entries as a relative path to the playlist with no option (typical) to change it to absolute paths. if u cant find a playlist creator, you could just use notepad's search and replace feature to change the paths in one go. Ultraedit or editplus does this much faster than notepad though. (if it's a beeg playlist).

 

[Dolby]

Perfect .... thanks!

Just what I had read about. Who knew there was so much to an m3u ...

After downloading about 10 music editors, found a little program called MusicIP which let's me choose whether I want absolute or relative paths.

I've learnt so much about playlists & m3u's tonight, its scary!